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The Serialist by David Gordon

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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"It all began the morning when, dressed like my dead mother and accompanied by my fifteen-year-old business partner, I opened the letter from death row and discovered that a serial killer was my biggest fan…."

Nothing like a good opening sentence to grab your attention, huh? But with this starting- point—as with so much in this dazzling debut novel from …

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